Isililo 4:1 Yeka ukuthi igolide lifiphele kanjani! igolide elicwengekileyo liguqulwa kanjani! i amatshe endlu engcwele achithiwe ezingosini zazo zonke izitaladi. 4:2 Amadodana ayigugu aseSiyoni, uma kuqhathaniswa negolide elicwengekileyo, banjani bathi njengezitsha zobumba, umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi. 4:3 Ngisho nezilo zasolwandle zikhipha ibele, zincelisa amaphuphu azo Indodakazi yabantu bami isinonya njengezintshe ihlane. 4:4 Ulimi lomntwana oncelayo lunamathela olwangeni lwakhe ukoma: abantwana bacela isinkwa, kepha akakho obahlephula. 4:5 Labo ababedla ngokunethezeka bachithekile ezitaladini bakhuliswa ngengubo ebomvu bagone amaduli. 4:6 Ngoba isijeziso sobubi bendodakazi yabantu bami esikhulu kunesijeziso sesono saseSodoma, elachithwa njenge ngesikhashana nje, akwabakho zandla kuye. 4:7 AmaNazaretha alo ayehlanzekile kuneqhwa, ayemhlophe kunobisi, wona zazibomvu emzimbeni kunamarubi, ukucwebeshwa kwazo kwakungamasafire; 4:8 Ubuso babo mnyama kunelahle; abaziwa ezitaladini. isikhumba sabo sinamathele emathanjeni abo; ibunile, ibe njenge induku. 4:9 Labo ababulewe ngenkemba bangcono kunalabo ababulewe ngendlala; ngokuba laba bayafa, bebulawa ukuswela izithelo zensimu. 4:10 Izandla zabesifazane abahawukelayo ziye zapheka abantwana babo ukudla kwabo ekubhujisweni kwendodakazi yabantu bami. 4:11 UJehova ufezile ukufutheka kwakhe; uthululile ulaka lwakhe ukuthukuthela, kokhele umlilo eSiyoni, kudle uJehova izisekelo zalo. 4:12 Amakhosi omhlaba, futhi bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni, babengafuni baye bakholwa ukuthi isitha nesitha bekufanele singene amasango eJerusalema. 4:13 Ngenxa yezono zabaprofethi balo, nobubi babapristi balo, ukuthi bachithe igazi labalungileyo phakathi kwalo; 4:14 Baye bazulazula njengezimpumputhe ezitaladini, baye bangcolisa ngegazi, kangangokuthi abantu babengenakuthinta izingubo zabo. 4:15 Bamemeza kubo, bathi: "Suka; ingcolile; suka, suka, thinta hhayi: lapho bebaleka futhi bezulazula, bathi phakathi kwabezizwe: Bona akasayikugogobala khona. 4:16 Intukuthelo kaJehova ibahlukanise phakathi; akasayikubanaka; kabahloniphanga ubuso babapristi, kabakhethanga abadala. 4:17 Kepha thina, amehlo ethu asalokhu efiphele usizo lwethu oluyize, ekubhekeni kwethu sibhekile isizwe esingenakusisindisa. 4:18 Bazingela izinyathelo zethu, ukuze singakwazi ukuhamba ezitaladini zethu; ukuphela kwethu kuseduze. izinsuku zethu zigcwalisekile; ngoba ukuphela kwethu sekufikile. 4:19 Abashushisi bethu bayashesha kunezinkozi zezulu, baxosha thina ezintabeni, basiqamekela ehlane. 4:20 Umoya emakhaleni ethu, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova, wabanjwa phakathi kwabo imigodi, esasho ngayo ukuthi: ‘Emthunzini wakhe siyakuhlala phakathi kwabezizwe. 4:21 Jabula futhi ujabule, O ndodakazi ka-Edomi, ohlala ezweni lakwa-Edomi Uz; indebe iyakudlulela kuwe; uyakudakwa, futhi uzenze nqunu. 4:22 Isijeziso sobubi bakho sifeziwe, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; yena akasayikukuyisa ekuthunjweni; uyakuhambela okwakho ububi, ndodakazi yakwa-Edomi; uzambula izono zakho.